Four employees of Animal Care Clinic (Bonnie Markoff, Travis Morris, Ashley Ventimiglia, and Nicole Gunkel) took a trip to Mexicali, Mexico in what we deemed a "fact finding mission." Our own Gustavo Rayas along with our new friends from the Mexicali vet school, Tomas Renteria and Julio Mercado, have a vision to improve upon the [...]
Written by Gustavo Rayas, RVT Ever since I graduated veterinary school in Mexico, I have had the dream to come back and help my school to improve and develop. Then six years ago Dr. Markoff and I were talking about an idea to visit my vet school in Mexicali. We started brainstorming about what [...]
Alex has been a part of the ACC lodge team since February 2008 and now also works as a veterinary nurse. Originally from Newbury Park, California, he currently attends Cal Poly and aspires to one day attend veterinary school. He is an active volunteer at the Cal Poly Vet Clinic. Alex has a lab named [...]
Written by Stephanie Ruggerone November brought two exciting œevents to ACC employees. Dr. Evans received her long awaited guide dog puppy, œPayton , and Practice Administrator Stephanie Ruggerone ™s guide dog puppy, œRecco , represented Guide Dogs of America at a four day Las Vegas fundraiser! œPayton is an adorable female [...]
Melissa is another smooth, easy-going addition to the Animal Care Clinic Team. She grew up near Santa Clarita, California and graduated with a B.S. in Animal Science from Cal Poly in June 2007. Melissa is a very inquisitive part of the Veterinary Nursing team, joining ACC in July 2006. We are so happy to have [...]
Animal Care Clinic's lodge manager, Julie Wilson, interview one of our great clients, Patti Holanda, about her experiences adopting "senior" pets from the local shelters. Patti tells us how they have enriched her and her husband's lives and what a joy it is to bring some loving years to their lives for whatever years they [...]
Nikki, as known here at Animal Care Clinic, has been on the veterinary nursing team since November 2006. She grew up locally here in Paso Robles. Nikki spent her first couple college years in Massachusetts She is currently an Animal Science major at Cal Poly, after which she hopes to attend vet school. Nikki has [...]
Erin joined the veterinary nursing team at Animal Care Clinic in November 2006. She originally grew up in Mt. View, CA and is a graduate of Cal Poly. She earned her Registered Veterinary Technician license in June 2008. Erin loves her 3 dogs, Bean, Tannin and Charlie, as well as her cats Grady and Baldwin. [...]
Virginia joined our Lodge Team in October 2010, but is known as Ginger to all of us at Animal Care Clinic. Ginger came to San Luis Obispo from Santa Clarita, California and is currently attending school at Cuesta College. She has applied to several universities in order to attain her Bachelor's degree in Animal Science [...]
Sharon started with the veterinary nursing team in September of 2009. Sharon grew up in Paso Robles before moving to Chico where she graduated from Chico State in 2009 with a B.A. in Geography and a certificate in GIS. She is now working and concurrently taking classes at Cuesta College with hopes of eventually going [...]